Chris Matthews sours on Obama

'Obviously likes giving speeches more than he does running the executive branch'

Published: 05/16/2013 at 12:11 AM

(Politico) President Obama “obviously likes giving speeches more than he does running the executive branch,” Chris Matthews said tonight.

Yes, you read that right: The MSNBC host who in 2008 felt a “thrill going up my leg” after hearing Obama speak has grown disenchanted. Tonight’s episode of Hardball saw Matthews delivering a rare, unforgiving grilling of the president as severe as anything that might appear on Fox News.